Pay
Understanding the National Minimum Wage
What is the National Minimum Wage, how to make sure you get it and what to do if you have problems
The National Minimum Wage: calculating your pay rate
Check if your employer is paying you the National Minimum Wage
Being paid and payslips
Find out when and how you should be paid by your employer.
Sick pay rights
Find out about different sick pay schemes, what happens if you're not eligible for Statutory Sick Pay and where to get help and advice
Notice and notice pay
Notice rights between you and your employer, details of payments you should get and other details on notice periods
Performance-related pay
Find out what performance-related pay is, what types of different schemes there are and what steps to take if you are unhappy with payments
Your rights if your employer is insolvent
Insolvency is where an employer has no money to pay the people they owe money to in full and they have to make special arrangements to try to meet these debts. If this happens, you have a number of options open to you
Unpaid pension scheme contribution
Where your employer becomes legally insolvent,the government may make payments from the National Insurance Fund certain contributions that are owed to an occupational or personal pension scheme
Insolvency payment claims
You might be entitled to claim certain payments from the National Insurance Fund if your employer is insolvent.
Pay Deductions
Employees, workers and some other groups are protected from employers making unauthorised deductions from their pay and wages. Employers can only make a deduction in specific situations and they must follow your employment contract terms. Find out when employers can make deductions and what protection you have
Calculating your pay: the basics
It's important to know how to calculate a week's pay as it is used to work out how much you should get when claiming some employment rights, such as redundancy pay. It is not always the same as your average pay, or the pay you get in a typical week
Calculating your pay: more complex calculations
If your pay or working hours vary from week to week then calculating your week's pay will be slightly more difficult. You will need to average your working hours and pay over a 12-week period
Unpaid pension scheme contribution
What happens when your employer becomes legally insolvent?
Student finance
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